Bear history

It was great fun to talk #BoxOfficeBears with @andykesson and @EmmaWhipday for @BBCFreeThinking. Hear it on the link below - or search for ‘Arts & Ideas’ on your podcast provider.

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We're hosting The Missing Lynx exhibition for two weeks this summer (20 July - 4 August). The exhibition charts the history and comeback of lynx across Europe and invites your opinions on bringing the species back to Britain. Free entry. Find out more - greatnorthmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/the-m…

Jonathan and Judy have just told me a brilliant joke that I must share with you all. What do you call a freezing bear? A brrrrrr!

@HighlandHeathen Thank you, I didn’t know about that one!

Artwork in Wakefield remembering a 19th century bear pit. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

We’ve just finished this creative writing workshop @NottmLibraries. It was brilliant. Thank you to @AngelaClerkin for leading and to all the writers for joining in. If you want a fab afternoon of creating imaginative stories with others - book Angela!!

it is absolutely ridiculous that every bookshop in central london is still obliged to carry out "bear drills", in case the bears escape from london zoo. firstly there is no evidence they would particularly target bookshops. secondly the zoo hasn't had any bears since 2008.

Tapestry fragment of a chained bear with a ragged staff, heraldic emblem of the Jouvenel des Ursins family #Heraldry #LesArmoiriesDuVendredi #bearhistory (link to bears with the name Ursins & there's also acanthus which is 'ursine' in French...). 15th c. Tournai, now in Louvre

@mattadams0 @andykesson @SophyCharlton Thanks Matt. Very interesting meeting and lots to ponder!

@andykesson @archaeobears @SophyCharlton excellent Brighton stop off thx all for an excellent collective performance :)

Starting conversations around lynx reintroduction. There is an archaeological record of lynx, from England, Scotland and Wales. thenational.scot/news/24371673.…

Quite a bit of 🐻 representation in this play. Will there be bears in the town?

🐦‍⬛our inperson/online hybrid multispecies animal studies symposium is upon us. Starts tomorrow, 3 keynotes, 1 invited panel, 30+ presentations, 100+ registrations, 2 exhibitions, all spread over two sunny days in Brighton (& online!) @uniofbrighton @ahrcpress

A bear licking its cub into shape, after being born formless. Many such images feature in medieval manuscripts. Source: Cambridge University Library, Ii.4.26, folio 13v

Top day with @WJ_Sam @MrJohnKirby @ListerPolly @AndyKesson @KanjiDuku @Oliver_A_Wilson @SamBeckettJr1 @CharliEvansPro @MrJohnKirby @ImSoMunny at @HOPWrestlingUK for @W_Resurgence / @1623theatre #BardcoreWrestling R&D - mashing Shakespeare, wrestling, BSL and audio description.

📢 #AnimalHistory Conference 🗓️ 27 and 28 June ⏰ 13.00-18.00 BST (London) 📍 Online 🎟️animalhistorygroup.org/events/summer-… Our Summer Conference is just over 3 weeks away. We'd love to see you there! #twitterstorians #histSTM #AgHist #EnvHist

Back to explore wrestling and theatre with @W_Resurgence and @1623. This time we’re out of the theatre and in the ring 😃

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